User talk:Remsense

Query

Do you understand what's going on at List of Neolithic cultures of China? A huge flurry of large edits from multiple editors—is this just table formatting? Aza24 (talk) 23:19, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I did some tinkering on that table but decided not to intrude midstream—while I may be critical at the scope of inclusion, it seems innocuous enough even with the metatext—i'll swing around and make sure the table's editorially up to snuff when they've had their turn I reckon. Remsense ‥ 论 23:21, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(This seems to have gotten lost in the reverts):

Thanks. It does seem a bit redundant alongside the table... perhaps it would work better as a template, akin to {{Rulers of the Ancient Near East}} – Aza24 (talk) 18:11, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry for the Turkic winds—or were they Persian? Not sure! I'll take another look in a sec. While I've got your ear, I think there were also some other articles I wanted to ask for advice about...still haven't added my changes to the Zhuangzi article yet... Remsense ‥ 论 18:14, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, happy to look at your work when you're ready. Speaking of the Zhuangzi, how would you feel about a move of Zhuang Zhou to Zhuang Zhou (philosopher)? I feel that the name "Zhuang Zhou" is so uncommon that its a disservice to readers to choose it. Xunzi was just moved for similar reasons, now we have Xunzi (philosopher) and Xunzi (book). Of course, the birthname would still redirect to the individual. Aza24 (talk) 03:06, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Aza24, well, about this regard, I believe it would only be valid if there were another Zhuang Zhou's for disambiguation purposes, otherwise I'm not really sure it'll be worthwhile, ngl. 177.105.90.42 (talk) 15:34, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I Saw your giraffe on your Profile

Hey There, I Know This Picture You put on your userpage 77.77.218.180 (talk) 10:32, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They're there to help. 🦒 Remsense ‥ 论 10:40, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's sounds perfect 77.77.218.180 (talk) 12:21, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request: Philosophy and religion Good Article nomination

Your feedback is requested at Talk:Value theory on a "Philosophy and religion" Good Article nomination. Thank you for helping out!
You were randomly selected to receive this invitation from the list of Feedback Request Service subscribers. If you'd like not to receive these messages any more, you can opt out at any time by removing your name.

Message delivered to you with love by Yapperbot :) | Is this wrong? Contact my bot operator. | Sent at 18:30, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help with an RSP question

Hi Remsense. I’m looking for input on the right way to add a source to RSP following an RfC. I’m writing to you because you are active on RSP. An MMA blog called Bloody Elbow has been determined to be generally unreliable prior to March 2024. There has been an RfC and two previous discussions:[1], [2], [3]. Based on my reading, Bloody Elbow now meets the formal WP:RSPCRITERIA but I think an independent editor(s) should make that determination and if they agree, implement the RSP. I would do it myself but I am a COI editor who represents an MMA league, ONE Championship, that’s been frequently written about in the blog. This blog is so unreliable that when new owners took over in March 2024 and turned it into a reliable news source with reporters, editors and fact checking, they deleted the entire 14 year archive of blog posts. Despite a discussion on RSN going back 12 years that the blog was not reliable, Bloody Elbow has been cited more than 500 times on Wikipedia, including on most of the significant pages about MMA. Without the visibility of the RSP, I think the misuse of this blog will remain pervasive. Bloody Elbow’s reinvention by new owners as a reliable source is going to add to the confusion. People will think that that old blog content has the credibility of the new reliable news source, or - conversely - that the new source is generally unreliable because it used to be a blog. A delineation on RSP will very much help with the confusion. Do you have any guidance on how I can bring this to the attention of the right editors? Brucemyboy1212 (talk) 12:20, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October music

You may remember Maryvonne Le Dizès, my story today as on 28 August. Some September music was unusual: last compositions and eternal light, with Ligeti mentioned in story and music. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:19, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today I remember an organist who was pictured on the Main page on his birthday ten years ago, and I found two recent organ concerts to match, - see top of my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:13, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Today brought a timely promotion of Helmut Bauer to the Main page on the day when pieces from Mozart's Requiem were performed for him. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:28, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made Leif Segerstam my big story today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:53, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for improving articles on October! - My story today is a cantata 300 years old, based on a hymn 200 years old when the cantata was composed, based on a psalm some thousand years old, - so said the 2015 DYK hook. I had forgotten the discussion on the talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:57, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reason for revert

Hi, why did you revert my edits in Autocracy, Democratic backsliding by country and Democracy? I added political regimes map based on V-Dem data processed by Our World in Data. This map shows autocracy and democracy in countries (updated by 2023 data).

Neutrality requires that each article or other page in the mainspace fairly represents all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint

I added map based on V-Dem data as it's one of the significiant viewpoints. It also have been published by reliable sources.^[1][2][3][4] Having only a single point of view (like Bertelsmann Transformation Index map in the Democratic backsliding by country) affects neutrality. If I replaced it with V-Dem map, it's unconstructive edit. But I simply added a map based on another point of view. Labelling it as "unconstructive" plainly without reason is unfair. JoshuaJ28 (talk) 02:45, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

1. Fray, Keith (2024-01-17). "Democracy under threat in the 'year of elections'". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
2. Bureau, The Hindu (2024-03-11). "India 'one of the worst autocratisers': V-Dem report on democracy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-10-10. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
3. Jordan, Eliana. "Israel demoted from 'liberal democracy' in new global democracy report". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
4. Eyaaz (2024-09-15). "With the rise in right-wing populism, democracy around the world is weakened". The Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 2024-10-10.

Need your help again with very small letters

You provided excellent help here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Kompromat&diff=prev&oldid=1249461437 , and now I've encountered a similar situation with a Tibetan word at Tukdam. This little bit is from the lead ( Tibetan Buddhism, tukdam (Tibetan: ཐུགས་དམ, Wylie: thugs dam་) ), but the article is filled with them. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 14:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Remsense, will you be able to help with this? -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 16:40, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will be, my apologies. Will take a look at this ASAP. Remsense ‥ 论 16:42, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I just wasn't sure if you had seen my message. There is no rush. Thanks again. Your skills and knowledge are appreciated! -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 17:09, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help:IPA/German move request

@Remsense, I need your help by requesting move for this page from "Standard German" to "German", after failing several attempts for Help:IPA. 129.222.202.169 (talk) 03:16, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did Mike Novikoff says "goes bananas" that {{Requested move}} is removed? 103.103.88.100 (talk) 23:38, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Constantine the Great

Hello, I have not come across the term Constantinianism in scholarship. Is it that distinct and common compared to Caesaropapism? And what are your objections for reverting the other two edits I made to Constantine the Great? Histores (talk) 21:39, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to restore your version, since after a second read I think it's clearly the more accurate version, and I agree that Constantinianism plausibly doesn't deserve to have its own article. Remsense ‥ 论 23:47, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, thank you for the feedback. Histores (talk) 22:51, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comma before transliteration

Hey, I saw that you reverted my edit on Anthony Kaldellis where I had added a comma between the Greek text and its transliteration. I'm actually curious about this because I've seen it both ways on different articles. Ιs there a semantic difference between having or not having a comma separating the two? Apologies if this is something already outlined in the MOS, after a brief search I can't seem to find anything. Thanks in advance! TeoTB (talk) 23:07, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In general, the point of delimiters is clarity in segmentation of different types of information. In some situations, such as with lists in running prose—explicit delimitation with parentheses, a comma, or equivalent clearly makes the presentation more clear. In this particular instance, I see no strong reason as the difference between roman and italic styling is sufficient to differentiate the two pieces of information. It's not usually something that is that big of a deal though, though in my opinion it's often ideal to err on the side of parsimony. Cheers, thanks for asking. Remsense ‥ 论 23:24, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]